Nigeria beat Angola 74-65 in the Final of AfroBasket 2015 in Rades, Tunisia on Sunday to claim their first-ever continental championship.

In being crowned African champions, the Nigerians also qualified for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Meanwhile, second-place Angola joined third and fourth-place Tunisia and Senegal in booking their places for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs).

Angola went into the Final looking to win a 12th African title and led early on, before Nigeria's rotation made the difference as they turned the score around in the second quarter and once they took the lead, they held on to it, going up by as many as 19 points.

Chamberlain Oguchi hit a trifecta of three-pointers on his way to a game-high 19 points for Nigeria, with Olaseni Lawal finished with a dozen. Carlos Morais led the Angolans with 15 points while Yanick Moreira added 13. Click here for the full game report.

Oguchi was rewarded for his impressive tournament and huge individual performance in the Final by receiving the Most Valuable Player award, presented by Tissot.

The 29-year-old headlined the All-Star Five which also included his Nigeria team-mate Al-Farouq Aminu, Morais of Angola, Tunisia's Makram Ben Romdhane and Gorgui Dieng of Senegal.

"It's the best moment of my life, to be able to come here after missing the last AfroBasket, to be able to come here and do this with my brothers, it feels amazing," Oguchi said afterwards.

"I'm happy to be able to share this moment with them and for me personally, it's just really great."

Tunisia bounced back from their Semi-Final defeat to Angola on Saturday to beat Senegal 82-73 in Sunday's Third-Place Game. Michael Roll made 4 of his 8 three-point attempts to lead all scorers with 25 points as the tournament hosts - despite playing without their star Salah Mejri - led for most of the contest and gave their fans something to cheer about. Click here for the full game report.

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Texas Legends assistant coach George Galanopoulous has been named the head coach of the Ugandan National Team the team announced today. George Galanopoulous will lead Uganda in the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia and Senegal September 8 - 16. The 16-team tournament is an automatic qualifier for the Olympics. George Galanopoulous joined the Legends last season under head coach Bob MacKinnon . The 2016-17 team finished with the winningest record in franchise history and earne... [read more]

Texas Legends assistant coach George Galanopoulous has been named the head coach of the Ugandan National Team the team announced today. George Galanopoulous will lead Uganda in the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia and Senegal September 8 - 16. The 16-team tournament is an automatic qualifier for the Olympics. George Galanopoulous joined the Legends last season under head coach Bob MacKinnon . The 2016-17 team finished with the winningest record in franchise history and earned a record five NBA Call-Ups. "I am so grateful for Coach MacKinnon and the opportunities he's given me," said George Galanopoulous . "He is constantly thinking of ways to help those around him. I am in this position because of him and more prepared because of the time I've spent under his tutelage. I cannot thank him enough for everything he's done." George Galanopoulous came to the Legends after spending the 2015-16 season working in player development with the Dallas Mavericks. The Indiana University graduate used his experience with the Hoosiers' men's team to get his first position on the Bakersfield Jam's staff. After three seasons with the Jam, George Galanopoulous headed overseas to serve as an assistant for the Hawkes Bay Hawks of the New Zealand NBL. "I couldn't ask for a better opportunity for my first head coaching position" said George Galanopoulous . "To lead a team in an Olympic qualifier is an experience I'll never forget." Galanopoulos focused on scouting and player development with the Legends last season, heading up the team's video coordination. "I am very excited for Coach Galanopoulos," said Legends Head Coach Bob MacKinnon . "This is a tremendous honor and accomplishment in his coaching career. Our Legends Coaching staff is committed to the game; Coach Hamilton is coaching in the prestigious Tim Grgurich NBA camp in Las Vegas, Coach Chu helped run a Nike Camp in China, and now Coach G will be leading Uganda's National Team in an Olympic qualifier - when you love the game there is no off season!" Courtesy of: oursportscentral.com

United States of America based Nigerian Alex Nwora has been named as the new head coach of Nigeria senior men national team, D'Tigers ahead of their 2017 Afrobasket tournament title defence. This was made known Wednesday by the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engineer Musa Kida ahead of the Senior Men's national team's exercise expected to commence on Friday, 12th, 2017. According to Kida, the decision to appoint Nwora who guided Cape Verde to the 2013 Afrobasket where t... [read more]

United States of America based Nigerian Alex Nwora has been named as the new head coach of Nigeria senior men national team, D'Tigers ahead of their 2017 Afrobasket tournament title defence.

This was made known Wednesday by the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engineer Musa Kida ahead of the Senior Men's national team's exercise expected to commence on Friday, 12th, 2017.

According to Kida, the decision to appoint Nwora who guided Cape Verde to the 2013 Afrobasket where they defeated D'Tigers by 79 points to 76 was borne out of the desire to give qualified Nigerians the opportunity of making history with the national teams.

'We started this project with the D'Tigress with the appointment of Sam Vincent, Mfon Udoka, Peter Ahmedu and Okworogun Ochuko. There is no point giving out national team jobs to expatriates when we have Nigerians all over the world who are duly qualified to get the job done.'

He enjoined all Nigerians to support Nwora who is no stranger to the African basketball scene where he coached Cape Verde from 2009 to 2013.

Nwora will be assisted by Kwara Falcons head coach, Aderemi Adewunmi and Gombe Bulls Abdulrahman Mohammed who have both guided their teams to the top of the Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the NBBF organized basketball league.

FIBA Africa confirmed on Friday night that Tunisia and Senegal will jointly host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 from September 8-16. The 16 participating teams will be divided into four groups of four in the Group Phase (September 8-10), with Senegal's capital city of Dakar hosting two groups and Tunisia's capital city of Tunis hosting the other two. The top two teams from each group will advance to Tunis, which will also host the Final Phase (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals) from September... [read more]

FIBA Africa confirmed on Friday night that Tunisia and Senegal will jointly host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 from September 8-16. The 16 participating teams will be divided into four groups of four in the Group Phase (September 8-10), with Senegal's capital city of Dakar hosting two groups and Tunisia's capital city of Tunis hosting the other two. The top two teams from each group will advance to Tunis, which will also host the Final Phase (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals) from September 14-16. The bottom two teams from each group in the Group Phase will be knocked out of the competition. The participating teams are: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAF), Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.Courtesy of: fiba.com

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